Corner-stay for boxes and the like.



' 217. WGODEN REGEPTACLES,

Patented Dec. 8,1908

JNVENTORS.

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fi Boxes; Stays.

217. WOODEN RECEPTACLES,

Boxes, Steve.

UNITE STATES PATENT orrron.

HENRY H. DEWEY, OF CLEVELAND, AND JOHN F. CHRISTIAN, OF CINCINNATI,OHIO, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO FRANK D.DEWEY, OF

KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed July 10, 1905. Serial No. 268,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY H. DEWEY and JOHN F. CHRISTIAN, residing,respectively, at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,and at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Imrovement in Corner-Stays for Boxesand the hike, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to corner'stays for boxes or trunks and the like,and particularly stays constructed of sheet metal, and has for itsobject the provision of a device of this character that will rigidlysupport the ends, sides and bottoms of boxes against displacement; thatwill be strong and simple of construction; and that may be readilyassembled and easily applied to the appropriate portions of the box.

Generally speaking, the invention may be defined as consisting of thecombinations of elements illustrated in the drawings, described in thespecification, and particularly pointed out in the claims heretoannexed.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1 represents the perspective view of abox corner having our invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of the two members of which the box stay isconstructed; and Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the corner ofa box having applied thereto a slightly modified form of the stayillustrated in the preceding figures.

The stay, as an entirety, consists of an outer member 1 and an innermember 2, made of sheet metal, preferably galvanized sheet steel. Theouter member is bent or pressed to form two flat side portions or plates3, the planes of whichare preferably at right angles to each other toconform to the angle formed between the sides and ends of boxes of usualconstruction, The extremity of the outer end of each of the plates 3 isbent inwardly at right angles to the lane of the body portion to form aflange 4 adapted to fit into a corresponding score or recess 5 in eachof the adjacent box members. The flange 4 extends from the top of 'theplate 3 as far as the plane of the up er surface of the box bottom 6,being beveled away at 7 at the lower end thereof to permit of its readyapplication to the box Without the necessity of scoring the box bottomand to avoid forming a projecting corner which might injure the erson orclothing of the person handling the ox. The sides 3 are connected bymeans of an extended integral intermediate flattened portion 8, and thelower end of this portion is extended beyond the bottom of the outermember and is bent atright angles thereto to form a reinforcing flap 9for the adjacent corner of the box bottom. As will appear from Figs. 1and 2, this flap may be slightly tapered and is of considerable lengthto form an adequate reinforcement for the adjacent portion of the boxbottom. Near its end, the flap is provided with a perforation 17 for thereception of a screw or other fastening device.

Cooperating with the outer member 1 is the inner member 2. This memberis sufficiently shorter than the member 1 to permit its bottom to engagethe top of the box bottom, with its upper extremity in the same plane asthe upper extremity of the outer member. The inner member comprises sideplates 10, arranged similarly to the side plates of the outer member andunited by an intermediate flattened portion 11 integral with said sidelates. Each of the sides 10 is provided wit an outwardly projectin rib12 pressed from the metal thereof, sai rib being adapted to fit into acorresponding recess in the adjacent box member.

As a means for securing the inner and outer stay members together, wemay provide the intermediate ortion of the inner member with a suitab enumber of slits 13 and the corresponding portion of the outer memberwith a like number of projections or tongues 14 cut out of the metalthereof. In assembling, the tongues or projections 14 are insertedthrough the slits 13 and may then be bent up or down into contact withthe inner surface of the portion 11 of the inner member. Instead offorming the fastening means with the said members, we may connect theintermediate portions of said members by rivets 15, as indicated at Fig.3. After the stay has been a plied to the box corner, it is furthersecure to the box members by means of rivets 16 extending through theinner and outer members between the ribs 12 and the flanges 4.

,1 Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent is l. A corner stay for boxes and the likecomprising inner and outer members adapted to embrace the adjacent endsof the side and end pieces of a box and extending substantially the fullheight of said pieces, the outer member having flat sides and anintermediate extended plane portion connecting said sides, the innermember comprising fiat sides and an intermediate plane portionconnecting said sides, and means for securing the said intermediateportions of said members together, substantially as specified.

2. A corner stay for boxes and the like comprising inner and outer sheetmetal members, the outer member having flat side portions the planes ofwhich are substantially at right angles to each other and anintermediate plane portion connecting said side portions, and the innermember having fiat side portions the planes of which are substantiallyat right angles to each other, and an intermediate plane portionconnecting said side portions, the intermediate portion of the innermember being provided with a slit or slits and the intermediate ortionof the outer member being provide with a tongue or tongues strucktherefrom and adapted to be inserted through the slit or slits in theinner member to secure said members together, substantially asspecified.

3. A corner stay for boxes and the like comprising inner and outerangular sheet metal members adapted to embrace the adjacent ends of theside and end pieces of a box, the outer member having side portions atsubstantially right angles to each other connected by an intermediateextended plane portion, the said intermediate portion extending to thelower surface of the box bottom and there being provided with anextension projecting inwardly therefrom to engage and reinforce the boxbottom, and means for connecting the inner member to the extended planeportion of the outer member, substantially as specified.

4. A corner stay for boxes and the like comprising inner and outerangular sheet metal members, each extending substantially the fullheight of the box with which the said members may be used and eachcomprising side portions at right angles with each other and anintermediate plane portion connecting said side portions, the outermember extending below the inner member to form a skirt for the adjacentedge of the box bottom and the intermediate portion of said skirt beingprovided with an extene sion projecting inwardly and at right anglestherefrom to engage and reinforce the box bottom, and means securing theintermediate portions of said stay members together, substantially asspecified.

5. A corner stay for boxes and the like comprising inner and outer sheetmetal members adapted to embrace the adjacent ends of the side and endpieces of a box, the outer member being provided with a depending skirtfor the protection of the adjacent edge of the box bottom, said outermember being also provided at each lateral edge thereof with an inwardlydirected flange extending from the top thereof to the plane of the uppersurface of the box bottom, said flange being beveled or inclined fromthe bottom thereof to a point adjacent the upper surface of the boxbottom, and means for uniting said members, substantially as specified.

6. A corner stay for boxes and the like comprising inner and outer sheetmetal members, the outer member having side portions the planes of whichare substantially at right angles to each other and an intermediateplane portion connecting said side portions, and the inner member having side portions the planes of which are substantially at right anglesto each other and an intermediate plane portion connecting said sideportions, the intermediate portion of one of said members being providedwith a slit or slits and the intermediate portion of the other memberbeing provided with a tongue or tongues struck therefrom and adapted tobe inserted through the slit or slits of the former member to securesaid members together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY H. DEIVEY. JOHN F. CHRISTIAN. Witnesses to signature of Henry H.Dewey:

J B. HULL, B. W. BnooKETT.

Witnesses to signature of J. F. Christian:

ANNA M. ROWE, FRANK N. PIKE.

